1. An Afro-American receives a sharp opening and chooses black. The opponent says, "You are going to lose." "Why?" "Because you are black."

2. "Adam, do you prefer sex or gomoku?" "Depends on the opponent and position."

3. A great renju player died. After a few days a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!
"What's it like, where you are now," he asked.
"What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news?"
"Tell me the good news first."
"Well, it's really heaven here. There are tournaments going on all the time, and you can play against any of the great masters of the past, including all Japanese Meijins, including Yoshizawa!"
"Fantastic!" the friend said, "and what is the bad news?"
"You play against Yoshizawa next Saturday."

4. China, 2017, a labour camp, prisoners are following the AT of the Renju World Championship through a radio. One round is remaining, and Zhu Jianfeng has to play the decisive game, which decides whether he gets gold. A guard finds the radio and confiscates it. So when a new prisoner comes in, they ask him, "What happened in the Renju World Championship?" "I lost."

5. Year 2100. Two friends, namely a great gomoku player and a great renju player, are stopped at the Gates of Heaven by Paul the Apostle, who says, "You guys committed a lot of sins, but you still can pass through if you beat me in your favourite game." The gomoku player chooses gomoku, classically outplays the Apostle from a corner, and passes through. He waits in Heaven for his friend, but hours pass, and the friend is still not here. Fearing the worst, the gomoku player asks the God, "Did my friend lose?" "Dont worry, he is still explaining the current opening rule."

7. Russia, 1997, a chat of a student hostels network:
"Guys, I see "Renju" on the list of the multiplayer PC games available for playing through our network. Any idea what it is?"
"Its a multiplayer for just two players."
"Just two? Pity... Must be some old rubbish, even turn-based probably..."

8. Fudjin, Lamaza, and Usiek walk together, find a strange bottle, uncork it, and then a genie appears and offers three wishes, one per person.
Lamaza: "I want to become the gomoku world champion, so that everyone admits that I am the true Lord of this game."
Genie: "Why gomoku? Choose chess, it is a way more prestigious."
Lamaza: "Good idea, so make me the chess world champion."
The genie snaps his fingers, and Lamaza disappears. Usiek opens his laptop, googles "Alex Popiel," and reads together with Fudjin, "Alex Popiel, the current chess world champion, confidently took the title away from Magnus Carlsen in the chess match of the century."
Fudjin: "Since chess is now occupied, I want to become the poker king - I want money and glory."
The genie snaps his fingers, and Fudjin disappears. Again, Usiek checks that the wish has come true, and then asks, "So Lamaza and Fudjin entirely quit gomoku, right?" "That's correct. What's your wish?" "A can of cola."